‘Last Man Standing’ a biopic of former governor of Lagos state, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu produced by Seun Oloketuyi has been tagged by many to be a propaganda to aid the politicians campaign towards his presidential ambition in 2023.
However, Seun Oloketuyi has cleared the air on this stating that he as a filmmaker just intends to make the movie to preserve history rather than for propaganda.
Recall that the Nigerian filmmaker also made ‘The White Lion’ which is a biopic of the governor of Kofo state, Yahaya Bello.
He stated that his main priority was to make movies while also stating his interest to make historical movies.
Seun Oloketuyi also stated that apart from the biopic of Gov. Yahaya Bello and Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, he plans to make one for the late Adedibu, Alhaji Lateef Jakande and Prof. Peller as well.
“When we did ‘The White Lion’, a lot of people said it was propaganda for Yahaya Bello, and I asked them to wait until they see the movie.
“It is a movie that seeks to entertain. In entertaining, a lot of history is embedded.
“I made up my mind last year that we were going to make some historical movies, apart from this, we are also doing one for the late Adedibu, Alhaji Lateef Jakande and Prof. Peller, all of these will be within the next 12 months.
“I believe that it is time to bring our stories to life, especially for our children who don’t know these histories.”
While speaking on the challenges he faced making the ‘Last Man Standing’, he maintained that it is not an easy task especially with scripting and changing of writers.
“We had to change scriptwriters four times, most of the scriptwriters did not even know what happened in 1999, that is the truth.
“Even getting books about his time as governor was difficult. I sent some of my people to all the major book stores and they did not have a book on Tinubu.
“If it is difficult to get books on a man like Tinubu that is alive, how can we hope to get for those who are no longer with us but are key part of Nigeria’s history and story? That is the gap we are trying to fill with the film.”
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